The 2026 call for applications for the Competitive Funds “Becas Taller” and “Puntos de Cultura” will grant up to ₡8 million to initiatives that safeguard intangible cultural heritage and promote the diversity of cultural expressions in communities across the country.
Applications will be open from June 30 to September 30.
San José, June 30, 2026. Costa Rica’s traditions, community knowledge, and cultural diversity will receive new support through the 2026 call for the Competitive Funds “Becas Taller” and “Puntos de Cultura,” promoted by the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCJ), through the Department of Sociocultural Management. The initiative will finance projects that strengthen living cultural heritage, promote community participation, and support the transmission of knowledge, practices, and identities that enrich the country’s social and cultural fabric.
Selected individuals and organizations may receive up to ₡4 million through the “Becas Taller” fund and up to ₡8 million through “Puntos de Cultura,” to develop projects in 2027 focused on strengthening cultural participation, knowledge transmission, traditional practices, and diverse cultural expressions within communities.
In this edition, proposals must address one of two priority areas: the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage or the promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, with the aim of protecting the knowledge, traditions, and identities that form part of Costa Rica’s living heritage.
“The cultural identity of Costa Rica is not preserved only in museums or archives; it lives in people, in crafts, in traditions, in popular festivities, and in the knowledge that each community passes down from generation to generation. With these funds, we reaffirm a conviction: the best cultural policy is one that trusts its people and invests in those who keep our culture alive in the territories. We want more projects to emerge in all regions of the country, because when we strengthen community culture, we also strengthen our national identity and Costa Rica’s development,” said Jorge Rodríguez Vives, Minister of Culture and Youth.
The call is aimed at individuals and organizations with at least three years of proven experience in sociocultural management, interested in developing initiatives with community impact. During the application period, the Department of Sociocultural Management will also provide informational talks and personalized guidance to support project development.
Becas Taller
This fund is exclusively for individuals and provides up to ₡4 million per project to support initiatives in artistic creation and production, training, research, documentation, and community cultural management.
Puntos de Cultura
This fund is aimed at organizations with legal status or informal groups and provides up to ₡8 million per project to strengthen collective initiatives that promote the arts, cultural identities, civic participation, and cultural development in local territories.
